Health Educator providers in the U.S.
6,585 NPPES records list health educator as their primary taxonomy, about 1.9 per 100,000 residents; Delaware and New York have the most per resident. 5 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 174H00000X means
174H00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Health Educator, in the grouping Other Service Providers. 6,585 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Health educators work in a variety of settings providing education to individuals or groups of individuals on healthy behaviors, wellness, and health-related topics with the goal of preventing diseases and health problems. Health educators generally require a bachelor's degree and may receive additional training, such as through mentoring, internships, or volunteer work.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174H00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Middle Island has the most, 112
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174H00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 65 | 1.3 |
| Alaska | 9 | 1.2 |
| Arizona | 79 | 1.1 |
| Arkansas | 48 | 1.6 |
| California | 1,225 | 3.1 |
| Colorado | 108 | 1.8 |
| Connecticut | 53 | 1.5 |
| Delaware | 62 | 6.0 |
| District of Columbia | 28 | 4.1 |
| Florida | 343 | 1.5 |
| Georgia | 158 | 1.4 |
| Hawaii | 42 | 2.9 |
| Idaho | 37 | 1.9 |
| Illinois | 103 | 0.8 |
| Indiana | 124 | 1.8 |
| Iowa | 36 | 1.1 |
| Kansas | 27 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 52 | 1.1 |
| Louisiana | 46 | 1.0 |
| Maine | 19 | 1.4 |
| Maryland | 206 | 3.3 |
| Massachusetts | 149 | 2.1 |
| Michigan | 413 | 4.1 |
| Minnesota | 119 | 2.1 |
| Mississippi | 55 | 1.9 |
| Missouri | 102 | 1.6 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 18 | 1.6 |
| Nebraska | 16 | 0.8 |
| Nevada | 36 | 1.1 |
| New Hampshire | 37 | 2.6 |
| New Jersey | 105 | 1.1 |
| New Mexico | 53 | 2.5 |
| New York | 854 | 4.4 |
| North Carolina | 147 | 1.4 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 0.8 |
| Ohio | 159 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 80 | 2.0 |
| Oregon | 181 | 4.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 178 | 1.4 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 1.2 |
| South Carolina | 86 | 1.6 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 0.5 |
| Tennessee | 47 | 0.7 |
| Texas | 291 | 1.0 |
| Utah | 81 | 2.4 |
| Vermont | 4 | 0.6 |
| Virginia | 131 | 1.5 |
| Washington | 138 | 1.8 |
| West Virginia | 17 | 1.0 |
| Wisconsin | 112 | 1.9 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 1.4 |
In federal data
- NUCC code174H00000X
- Size rank119th of 688 specialties by records (0.09% of all)
- Part D prescribers5 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims26 a year per prescriber, on average (455th of 496)
- Industry payments1 physicians paid $151K in 2024, $151K each on average
- Concentration6 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of health educator records
- Ky Martin, EMT-2Anchorage, AK1851133664
- Raymond BookerAnchorage, AK1760797708
- Thatiana Marchi ReisigAnchorage, AK1043195944
- Dori Cranmore, R.N.Wasilla, AK1164739322
- Krista Gray, PTWasilla, AK1720380371
- Duronda Twigg, BSN, RN, CWHETalkeetna, AK1841906468
- Sarah Lewis, MSWJuneau, AK1821555772
- Becky TurlandPetersburg, AK1750944260
- Julie WalkerPetersburg, AK1104588300
- Flora JohnsonBirmingham, AL1144000209
- Adriene DouglasBirmingham, AL1093367641
- Jane Murphy, MPH, CHESBirmingham, AL1407692148
- Amanda HeadrickBirmingham, AL1851761753
- Jennifer Garrison, RPSGT, CCSHHoover, AL1346952231
- Robert Caulkins, MD DPTHoover, AL1578182705
- Shirley Mizell, RN, HEALTH EDUCATORTuscaloosa, AL1154987691
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Health Educator headcount concentrate?
6,585 Health Educator NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 1,225. Top metros include Middle Island, NY; Visalia, CA; Brooklyn, NY; Bronx, NY. Nationally this is 119th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Health Educator's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Health Educator physicians totaling $151K (50 payments; average $151K, 2nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Health Educator Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Health Educator NPIs, 5 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 26 claims and $4K drug cost per prescriber; 455th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.